Sunday, May 29, 2011

So, I realized a week or so ago that I hadn't posted ANY books yet in 2011. Some of these it's been so long I'll admit I'm a little fuzzy on all of the details LOL, but I do know I enjoyed them all at the time. So here's some of what I've been reading so far this year:

I read the prequel short story for this series in the Harvest Moon anthology. As much as I enjoy reading an established, long-running series, there's also still a thrill in discovering a fun new author.

I always wish for just a bit more romance in this series, but the whole storyline is so deep that I forgive the author. This one ended on a bit of a cliffhanger - not as bad as some that have had me tearing out my hair lately, but bad enough & with an ominous prophecy to go along with it.

So, that's what I read through the end of February =) I'll try to post up some more later - I am approaching 30 overall for the year but it gets harder & harder sometimes to fit in, it's like there's always something I could be doing online & I will feel a tiny bit guilty if I am reading when I know there are things like email I could/should be getting caught up with. But sometimes I just need to relax.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

I know my water marbling reputation is, well .., kind of awesome =) But even I fail sometimes, and I failed a lot in my latest experiments. I failed enough that it didn't make it onto my nails & I ended up doing this instead at like midnight - base color is Sinful What's Your Name, drag marbling done with China Glaze Virtual Violet & Techno Teal:

Here's the tutorial - kind of surprised it turned out coherent as tired as I was LOL:

I haven't give up permanently - I will probably continue experiments this weekend. It's been like 2 weeks since I had a marble & this Addicted to Color will not get the best of me! Thanks for reading.